Mastodawn

People rag on Xcode all the time, but every time I try to use VS.Code I'm just... infuriated. I guess I just don't get it. Maybe I'm not a real developer.

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Sean Heber Feb 8

It's like.. I'll want to just press a run button - but no, apparently you have to setup launch scripts or something? I dunno. And to do that involves commands in a text box? What is this, 1980? WHERE'S MY BUTTON?

And the key binding for running is apparently F5. Sorry, but my Mac keyboard hides F5 behind function keys. What is this? Windows?!

Anyway, yes, I'm sure.. this is probably all fixable and I'm dumb. Cuz what I wanted when trying something out is to spend 2 hours configuring my editor.

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Jason Becker

@bigzaphod depending on what kind of programming you do, it is fixable, but VS Code and the like are more like "build your own IDE" than "batteries included". And like many things, some people love that and some people hate it.